Greg Constantine

Greg Constantine

Greg Constantine is a self-taught documentary photographer from the United States. After working years in jobs related to the music industry, he changed careers in 2002 and began working on long-term documentary projects. In 2005, he moved to Asia and began work on his long-term project, Nowhere People, which documents the struggles and plight of stateless communities around the world. Constantine has spent the past ten years documenting stateless communities from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Dominican Republic, Ukraine, Serbia, Italy, Holland, Iraq, Kuwait and Lebanon. His work has been recognized in Pictures of the Year International, NPPA Best of Photojournalism, the Human Rights Press Awards (Hong Kong), International Photography Awards, and the Harry Chapin Media Award for Photojournalism, among others. He is a two-time grant recipient of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, three-time grant recipient of the National Endowment for Democracy and the Oak Foundation. Since 2006, his work has also been supported through the non-profit fiscal sponsorship of Blue Earth Alliance. He has collaborated and has been commissioned to work on projects with international organizations such as: UNHCR, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Refugees International, Medecins Sans Frontieres, World Food Program and the Open Society Foundations. He is currently based in SE Asia.

“I hope people see the photos and then have a much greater understanding of the scope of this issue and the condition stateless people live with. While stateless people are some of the most excluded people in the world, I hope the photos help people also see how incredibly determined, resourceful and talented stateless people are. They have so much to contribute to larger society and have so much potential, yet they aren't permitted to make this contribution.”